KARACHI, Jan 21: An unbroken century partnership between Khalid Latif and Fawwad Alam earned Karachi Harbour a thoroughly deserved eight-wicket victory over Peshawar in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League match at the Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar on Sunday.

Karachi Harbour grabbed all nine points during their first win in three matches. The result was praiseworthy since it was achieved against group leaders. Moreover, the visitors were without their regular skipper Shahid Afridi, who for unspecified reasons didn’t turn up for the match as expected.

Khalid, who led Pakistan to Under-19 World Cup title in 2004 in Bangladesh, and Fawwad, who was part of that squad, put on 155 after Karachi Harbour lost two early wickets in their quest of a target of 172 in 66 overs.

Khalid blasted 87 off 109 balls with 16 boundaries while the left-handed Fawwad hit 11 fours on his way a 79-ball 74 to see their side to victory with 33 overs to spare on the fourth and final day.

Earlier, Uzair-ul-Haq, an upcoming 20-year-old right-arm seamer, grabbed another wicket to finish with five for 53 in Peshawar’s second innings of 249. Uzair, in fact, picked up a match haul of nine. for 90

Scoreboard

PESHAWAR (1st Innings) 133 (Wajahatullah Wasti 68; Uzair-ul-Haq 4-37).

KARACHI HARBOUR (1st Innings) 211 (Naumanullah 80; Riaz Afridi 5-67, Fazle Akbar 4-57).

PESHAWAR (2nd Innings, overnight 170-6):

Mohammad Fayyaz b Uzair 31

Aftab Khan c Nauman b Anwar 46

Riffatullah Mohmand c Sarfraz b Anwar 8

Shoaib Khan c Sarfraz b Uzair 9

Wajahatullah Wasti b Uzair 12

Janisar Khan c Sarfraz b Uzair 33

Zulfiqar Jan c Sarfraz b Faraz 28

Arshad Khan not out 42

Riaz Afridi c Fawwad b Faraz 0

Waqar Ahmed c Anwar b Uzair 1

Fazle Akbar b Anwar 18

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-8, NB-9) 21

TOTAL (all out, 79.2 overs) 249

FALL OF WKTS: 1-63, 2-96, 3-101, 4-113, 5-130, 6-170, 7-210, 8-218, 9-219.

BOWLING: Anwar Ali Khan 21.2-3-72-3; Faraz Ahmed 19-3-55-2; Atif Maqbool 15-2-57-0 (8nb); Uzair-ul-Haq 24-6-53-5 (1nb).

KARACHI HARBOUR (2nd Innings):

Shadab Kabir lbw b Fazle 4

Khalid Latif not out 87

Naumanullah lbw b Fazle 8

Fawwad Alam not out 74

EXTRAS (W-1, NB-1) 2

TOTAL (for two wkts, 33 overs) 175

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-20.

BOWLING: Fazle Akbar 13-3-55-2 (1nb); Waqar Ahmed 6-1-31-0; Riaz Afridi 6-0-43-0 (1w); Arshad Khan 3-0-16-0; Janisar Khan 4-0-30-0; Mohammad Fayyaz 1-0-10-0.

RESULT: Karachi Harbour won by eight wickets.

UMPIRES: Iftikhar Malik and Kaukab Butt.

MATCH REFEREE: Ishtiaq Ahmed.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Nadeem Akhtar.